The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

UPDATE: Judge settles on facts in right-to-know case
It could be next year before a judge issues a ruling in the Right to Know case between the Sharon Sanitary Authority, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records and The Herald.
UPDATE: Major supplier of crack jail-bound
A man who was a major supplier of crack cocaine to the Shenango Valley over about 1èyears pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge that will land him in prison for at least 10 years.
UPDATE: Restoring bridge would cost more than replacing it
Replacement or restoration are the options for dealing with Greenville’s closed Ohl Street bridge, according to an engineer who’s examined the 100-year-old span over the Shenango River.
UPDATE: Xbox shooter back in jail after violating probation
A Sharon man on probation for a July 2008 shooting in Farrell faces charges of resisting arrest after Sharon police picked him up Wednesday night on a warrant for violating his probation.
Commission’s I-80 toll study rebuked
A transportation consultant on Wednesday said a recent study on tolling Interstate 80 submitted by the would-be tollers, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, does not appear to be either independent or particularly credible.
UPDATE: Crime knows no bounds
Blood doesn’t respect city lines. People from Sharon, Farrell, West Middlesex, Sharpsville and Warren, Ohio, are suspected in the Nov. 6 drug-related shootout on Wallis Avenue that left 18-year-old Sharon resident John B. Hosey III dead.
UPDATE: Last of 7 arraigned after shootout
The last of seven men charged in the drug deal and robbery that led to the shooting death of a Sharon teen turned himself in Wednesday.
UPDATE: Police warn of day time burglars on the prowl
Be on your guard. There’s been an uptick in daytime burglaries in Mercer County, particularly in Findley, Jackson, Worth, and Wolf Creek townships, state police say.
UPDATE: Man offered gun for sale in Masury bar, police say
A Hermitage man was scheduled to be arraigned today in Trumbull County Eastern District Court after allegedly trying to sell a gun in a Masury bar on Nov. 7.
Charges head to county court in homemade bomb case
A Farrell woman accused of having her 12-year-old son make and detonate a chemical bomb in the driveway of a Southwest Mercer County Regional policeman on Sept. 3 will have her day in county court.
UPDATE: Write-in election winners named
New winners in the Nov. 3 municipal election have been announced now that the write-in votes have been tallied, said county elections chief Jeff Greenburg.
UPDATE: 3 Republican contenders aim to unseat Dahlkemper
The field of potential Republican challengers intent on taking on incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, Erie, D-3rd District, next November is filling out.
UPDATE: Woman accused of slipping inmate drugs in her kiss
Two guards at the State Correctional Institution at Mercer thought they caught something criminal in a long kiss between an inmate and visitor. They had to wait three days, but they got their evidence in the end.
UPDATE: Fire at vacant house makes No. 30 in city since 2007
A fire at a vacant house on South Irvine Avenue Monday night was the 30th blaze in Sharon that was intentionally set in the last few years.
UPDATE: Man printed, passed fake bills, police say
A Hempfield Township man has been creating and passing counterfeit bills in August and September at township businesses, police said.
Divers find gun in Shenango River
Two more men wanted for taking part in the Nov. 6 robbery that led to a shootout and the death of a Sharon teen were caught over the weekend and another gun used in the crime was recovered, police said.
UPDATE: Robbery suspect sought in fatal drug deal probe
Sharon police are looking for a man wanted for robbery in connection with the shooting death of John B. Hosey III on Nov. 6 in Sharon.
UPDATE: Fire chases family from new home
A family of five was displaced by a kitchen fire early Friday in the Sharon home they recently moved into.
UPDATE: One man charged, another pleads guilty to sex with girls
A Sharon man faces sexual assault charges for incidents involving a 14-year-old girl this summer at his home, police said. A Farrell man charged with having sex with a girl when she was 16 and 17 pleaded guilty last week to a charge of indecent exposure.
Friends arrested in crash coverup
Two men were arrested over the weekend, accused of covering up a car crash in which a Lakeview school teacher and coach was paralyzed in February. It was falsely reported that the coach was paralyzed after a fall down icy steps.
UPDATE: Gas station robber nets nearly $2,000
Rich gas station on Warren Sharon Road in Brookfield was robbed Friday night by a man with a handgun.
Hermitage school schedules H1N1 flu clinic for students, selected staffers
Hermitage School District will hold a series of clinics to vaccinate its students and those at two parochial schools against the H1N1 virus.
Red Cross collecting 'Holiday Mail for Heroes'
The deadline for mailing cards is Dec. 7.
3 more charged in homicide probe
Three more men have been charged with robbery in connection with the shooting death of a Sharon teen Nov. 6 on Wallis Avenue.
UPDATE: Charges filed in crash coverup
Charges were filed Thursday against friends of the Lakeview school teacher and coach who was paralyzed in a car crash in February. The coach’s injuries were at first falsely reported as being from a fall down icy steps, police said.
UPDATE: Long-term investments going into general fund
Mercer County has released figures for its proposed 2010 budget, which will include no tax increase, some spending cuts, and hefty increases in what the county pays for pensions and health care.
UPDATE: Council OKs preliminary budget in split vote
Sharon council members Thursday by a single vote approved the 2010 preliminary budget as presented last week by Mayor Bob Lucas.
UPDATE: Man shot in leg by home invader, police say
A Sharon man was shot in the leg Thursday night after a man barged into his apartment, police said.
City manager hired as Sharon enters a new era
It’s official: Sharon hired its first city manager Thursday. Thomas D. Lavorini starts Monday as interim city manager. He was hired by a unanimous council vote to serve for up to a year.

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